Acute and chronic arsenic poisoning associated with treatment of acute promyelocytic leukaemia

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1092-1095

  Huang, Shang Y I ^a   Chang, Cheng Shyong ^b   Tang, Jih Luh ^a   Tien, Hwei Fang ^a   Kuo, Tsung L I ^a   Huang, Shiu Feng ^a   Yao, Y U Tung ^a   Chou, Wen Chien ^a   Chung, Chih Yuan ^b   Wang, Chiu Hwa ^a   Shen, Ming Ching ^a   Chen, Yao Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute promyelocytic leukaemia; Arsenic trioxide; Relapse; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC TRIOXIDE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FLUID RETENTION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ARSENICALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, PROMYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; OXIDES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0032424777     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.01079.x     Document Type: Article

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